Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

ECDC/EFSA report 'rings alarm bells,' says EU CommissionerCredit: ECDC/EFSA, 2019 Data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention ...

SINGAPORE, 26 February 2019 - An international research team led by Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, has identified molecular and genetic ...

New evidence suggests that Chikungunya virus arrived in Brazil at least one year earlier than it was detected by public ...

Credit: Mark Austin Hanson, EPFL When it comes to the immune system, we usually think about lymphocytes like B and ...

One of the commonest causes of congenital disability, the Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV), is less prone to mutation than previously thought, ...

BINGHAMTON, NY -- Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have uncovered the unique way in which a ...

Credit: Jennifer Maynard/Ellen Wagner/University of Texas Researchers have engineered "antibody-like" T cell receptors that can specifically stick to cells infected ...

Understanding microbial diversity at baseline may help to improve clinical practice and patient outcomesCredit: US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Worsening epidemics could spread beyond Venezuelan borders, potentially causing a public health emergency of 'hemispheric concern' Worsening epidemics could spread ...

Much of the public health impact of syphilis revolves around its impact on fetuses and neonates through the mother-to-child transmission ...

Transferring technology to South Africa for on-site vaccine production In an effort to produce vaccines where they are needed most, ...

Over-testing drives up health-care costs, promotes overuse of antibiotics Tests to detect urinary tract infections (UTI) often are performed routinely ...

Simple change to standard orders reduces urine testing in asymptomatic patients SIMPLE CHANGE TO STANDARD ORDERS REDUCES URINE TESTING IN ...

Early mutation in neutralizing antibody gives it flexibility to adapt to virus's changes DURHAM, N.C. - In the quest to ...